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Dosakaya Pappu Recipe - Andhra Yellow Cucumber Dal Recipe
How to Make Andhra Dosakaya Pappu - A typical Andhra style dish made with lentils and yellow cucumber.
Prep Time
5
minutes
mins
Cook Time
15
minutes
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Total Time
20
minutes
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Course:
Side Dish
Cuisine:
Andhra, Indian, South Indian
Servings:
4
Author:
Hari Chandana Ponnaluri
Ingredients
½
cup
Toor Dal / Split yellow pigeon peas
1.5
cups
Yellow Cucumber
chopped
2
Green Chillies
½
tsp
Mustard Seeds
½
tsp
Chana Dal
½
tsp
Urad Dal
¼
tsp
Turmeric Powder
⅛
tsp
Hing
Gooseberry size ball Tamarind
1
sprig Curry Leaves
1
Dried Red Chilli
Red Chilli Powder as needed
Sat to taste
1
tsp
Oil
Instructions
Soak the tamarind in water for 10 minutes and squeeze the water out of it and set aside.
Put the rinsed toor dal, chopped cucumber, turmeric, slit green chillies and 1.5 cups of water in a pressure cooker and cook for 3 – 4 whistles.
Switch off the heat and wait until the pressure go off.
Add the tamarind extract, salt and red chilli powder to the cooked dal and let it simmer for 5 minutes.
Heat oil in a pan for seasoning and add the mustard seeds, chana dal and urad dal. Let them splutter.
Add the curry leaves, broken red chilli and hing and stir for few seconds. Switch off the flame
Add the seasoned ingredients to the dal and mix well.
Serve hot with rice or roti.